Not long ago, Ready Player One took the VR world by storm, leaving tech enthusiasts reeling with endless possibilities. The fully immersive virtual reality in the movie might look impossible to replicate. But truth is that it may not be that long before Ready Player One walks among us. Take a look at how close…
Month: July 2018
Rehabilitating Juvenile Inmates: Virtual Reality to the Rescue
Not long ago, technologies such as VR, AR & XR were made out to be the evil villain that will take over the world and turn humans into spineless slaves. The greatest strength and weakness of technology lies in the hands of the people who are in charge of it. Turns out it’s in good…
Will Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs Learn with Virtual Reality?
Digital transformation has opened up doors to jobs that didn’t exist a decade back. The rapidity with which immersive technologies are taking over new horizons cannot be ignored. Looking back a few years the drastic changes in the academic arena cannot be denied. Yet, the one area that still lags far behind in terms of…
Key to VR Walking in Tricking Your Brain?
“Virtual reality is the first step in a grand adventure into the landscape of the imagination.” ~ Frank Biocca One of the imaginative powers that a user wants to control in VR is to explore the virtual worlds while walking in reality. But blind to the actual world with the headset covering your face, you’re…
5 steps to enable AR & VR training for employees
Aged 22 to 37, millennials form a dominant part of the current workforce across the globe, eclipsing other generations by a significant number. A recent survey revealed that training ground is changing rapidly with the change in the workforce. While Gen X preferred videos to learn, Millennials and Gen Z incline towards simulations for learning….
VR Headsets to Connect With a Single Cable
One of the hurdles in VR mass adoption remains the issue of oodles of cables necessary for connecting VR headsets to PCs. But with VirtualLink’s latest announcement, it seems that we have taken a step further into the future as a single USB-C connection is expected to replace the tangles of VR cables for connection….
VR Locomotion: Teleblur Is the New Sheriff in Town
Enemies are catching up to you. You swivel your spaceship out of there while pumping out 50 bullets a minute, every which way. You defeat the boss ship and successfully escape the invasion. ‘Congratulations on clearing the mission’ pops out in front of you. You unstrap the headset off of your face and fall down….
From Real Soccer to Tabletop AR Reconstruction
French international football concluded the story of FIFA 18 by raising the trophy in the final. Meanwhile, a team of researchers from Google, University of Washington and Facebook produced a visionary look of what an AR football match could look like in future. An end-to-end system is organized to create a 3D reconstruction of a…
Futuristic Screens with AR Headphones
The door to digital worlds has been opened wide by the groundbreaking technologies entering our reality with each passing day. The fictional future that Hollywood is so fond of creating seems to be standing in the frontlines. Just beyond our reach, becoming closer and more real with every new invention. A few years ago, people…
Will VR Time Travel Let Patients Combat Dementia?
Millions of people have been dying each year due to the neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer’s. In a rapidly advancing world, it is hard to comprehend that such a disease exists without any hope for a cure. People with dementia suffer from memory loss and personality change, some more radical than others but…
Top 3 Business Use Cases of Virtual Reality
The growing push towards immersive technology has been solidified by many forecasts favorably leaning towards their exponential growth in coming years. One such report by analyst Omar Akhtar reveals that the combined market size for VR and AR is predicted to grow from $18 billion (2018) to $215 billion by 2021. The promising statistics are…
Will VR/AR Revolutionize the Advertising Industry?
Customers in the current world require engaging, interactive, personal and authentic experiences. Marketers consistently have to implement more interactive and personalized communications to involve customers in products. For this reason, the most accurate tool is virtual and augmented reality which can stand out of crowd as they can meet your customer’s expectation in an innovative…